Debut author Alyssa Pickering's PRINCESS OF LIES, the first in a fantasy trilogy in which a young woman, forced to marry the crown prince and ensure that he never discovers the illegal magic running through her veins, must control her powers and her growing feelings for the prince's rebellious brother, to Rachel Winterbottom at Wayward TxF (Transworld/PRH) in a pre-empt, for publication in January 2027 (UK/Comm excl Can). German rights to Luebbe at auction.

Author of GIRL A Abigail Dean's THE MISSING YEARS, about a young boy's disappearance from his bed in the middle of the night and the ripple effects throughout his family and community over the course of 55 years, told in increments of one day at a time, every five years, to Anne Speyer at Scribner, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency, on behalf of Juliet Mushens (NA) and to Julia Wisdom at Hemlock Press (UK), in a major deal, for publication in July 2027.

Stephen Aryan's SILVER TONGUED DEVILS, following a group of skilled mercenaries, set in an epic fantasy world, where their new job drags them into a town whose population is being controlled by magic, to Marcus Gipps at The Broken Binding Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment (world English). Audio rights to Katie Arlett at Audible UK, at auction, by Juliet Mushens.

After turning down a first pre-empt attempt from a rival publisher, Faith Gladwin’s THE FINALIST, was successfully pre-empted by Grand Central Publishing’s John Morgan (NA) and Renegade Books’ Christina Demosthenous (UK/Comm) in a major mid-six figure deal less than 24 hours before the multiway auction was scheduled to begin. Pitched as Black Swan meets The Haunting of Hill House, THE FINALIST is an adult horror debut, following the fate of seven hopeful ballerinas as they audition for the solo of a lifetime in a remote manor house. One by one the ballerinas succumb to freak accidents, but who – or what – is killing the contestants?

UK/Commonwealth rights to STORMKEEPER by Jacinta Tomás were sold at auction to Chloe Gough at Harper Voyager for publication in 2027. In a world inspired by Portuguese culture and history, Stormkeeper follows Avila Santos, a farmhand whose rare elemental magic captures the attention of the palace, and those who believe in an ancient prophecy. The first in an epic fantasy trilogy, STORMKEEPER is as Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar meets Maria V Snyder’s Poison Study.

UK/Commonwealth rights to FELLOW CREATURES, the debut novel by Emma Lowther were sold in a five-way auction for six-figures to Katherine Burdon at Quercus. To be published as a lead title in Spring 2026, FELLOW CREATURES is Saltburn meets If We Were Villains, with a dash of The Talented Mr Ripley, following outsider Shannon – a new student at one of London’s most prestigious drama schools – as she becomes dangerously infatuated with a fellow classmate. 

Author of STILL TRUE, Maggie Ginsberg's DAISY CHAIN is a multigenerational family saga in which the ripple effects of a tragedy spark an underground network of long-haul truckers who help domestic violence survivors disappear, highlighting the value of community and the lengths we'll go to save each other and ourselves.
North American rights to Marilyn Kretzer at Blackstone Publishing, for publication
in fall 2027, by Maria Whelan at Mushens Entertainment.